Song of Solomon 1:1 - Isaiah 7:5
English Standard Version
1 The Song of (A)Songs, which is Solomon's.
The Bride Confesses Her Love
She[a]
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your (B)love is better than wine;
3 your (C)anointing oils are fragrant;
your (D)name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.
4 (E)Draw me after you; (F)let us run.
(G)The king has brought me into his chambers.
Others
We will (H)exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol (I)your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.
She
5 I am very dark, but (J)lovely,
O (K)daughters of Jerusalem,
like (L)the tents of (M)Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My (N)mother's sons were angry with me;
they made me (O)keeper of (P)the vineyards,
but (Q)my own vineyard I have not kept!
7 Tell me, you (R)whom my soul loves,
where you (S)pasture your flock,
where you make it (T)lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your (U)companions?
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
8 If you do not know,
O (V)most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds' tents.
9 I compare you, (W)my love,
to (X)a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 (Y)Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.
Others
11 We will make for you[b] ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.
She
12 While (Z)the king was on his couch,
my (AA)nard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of (AB)myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of (AC)henna blossoms
in the vineyards of (AD)Engedi.
He
15 (AE)Behold, (AF)you are beautiful, (AG)my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your (AH)eyes are doves.
She
16 Behold, you are beautiful, (AI)my beloved, truly (AJ)delightful.
Our couch is green;
17 the beams of our house are (AK)cedar;
our rafters are (AL)pine.
He
2 As a lily among brambles,
so is (AN)my love among the young women.
She
3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my (AO)beloved among the young men.
With great delight I sat (AP)in his shadow,
and his (AQ)fruit was sweet to my taste.
4 He (AR)brought me to the banqueting house,[d]
and his (AS)banner over me was love.
5 Sustain me with (AT)raisins;
refresh me with apples,
(AU)for I am sick with love.
6 His (AV)left hand is under my head,
and his right hand (AW)embraces me!
7 I (AX)adjure you,[e] O (AY)daughters of Jerusalem,
by (AZ)the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
The Bride Adores Her Beloved
8 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes,
leaping (BA)over the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like (BB)a gazelle
or a young stag.
Behold, there he stands
behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
looking through the lattice.
10 My beloved speaks and says to me:
(BC)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away,
11 for behold, the winter is past;
(BD)the rain is over and gone.
12 (BE)The flowers appear on the earth,
the time of singing[f] has come,
and the voice of (BF)the turtledove
is heard in our land.
13 (BG)The fig tree ripens its figs,
and (BH)the vines are in blossom;
they give forth fragrance.
(BI)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
and come away.
14 O my (BJ)dove, in the (BK)clefts of the rock,
in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
let me (BL)hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is (BM)lovely.
15 Catch (BN)the foxes[g] for us,
the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
(BO)for our vineyards are in blossom.”
16 (BP)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
he (BQ)grazes[h] among the lilies.
17 Until (BR)the day breathes
and (BS)the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved, be like (BT)a gazelle
or a young stag on cleft mountains.[i]
The Bride's Dream
3 On my bed (BU)by night
I sought (BV)him whom my soul loves;
(BW)I sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
in (BX)the streets and in the squares;
I will seek (BY)him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
3 (BZ)The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 Scarcely had I passed them
when I found (CA)him whom my soul loves.
I (CB)held him, and would not let him go
until I had (CC)brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of (CD)her who conceived me.
5 (CE)I adjure you, (CF)O daughters of Jerusalem,
(CG)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
Solomon Arrives for the Wedding
6 (CH)What is that coming up from the wilderness
like (CI)columns of smoke,
perfumed with (CJ)myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
7 Behold, it is the litter[j] of Solomon!
Around it are (CK)sixty (CL)mighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
8 all of them wearing swords
and expert in war,
each with his (CM)sword at his thigh,
against (CN)terror by night.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage[k]
from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by (CO)the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, O (CP)daughters of Zion,
and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
on (CQ)the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty
He
4 Behold, (CR)you are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
(CS)Your eyes are doves
(CT)behind your veil.
(CU)Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down (CV)the slopes of Gilead.
2 Your (CW)teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
and not one among them has lost its young.
3 Your lips are like (CX)a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is (CY)lovely.
Your (CZ)cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
(DA)behind your veil.
4 Your (DB)neck is like the tower of David,
built in (DC)rows of stone;[l]
on it (DD)hang a thousand shields,
all of (DE)them shields of warriors.
5 Your (DF)two breasts are like two (DG)fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that (DH)graze among the lilies.
6 (DI)Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of (DJ)myrrh
and the hill of (DK)frankincense.
7 (DL)You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no (DM)flaw in you.
8 (DN)Come with me from (DO)Lebanon, my (DP)bride;
come with me from (DQ)Lebanon.
Depart[m] from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of (DR)Senir and (DS)Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.
9 You have captivated my heart, my (DT)sister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one (DU)jewel of your necklace.
10 How beautiful is your love, my (DV)sister, my bride!
How much (DW)better is your love than wine,
and (DX)the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
11 Your (DY)lips drip nectar, my bride;
(DZ)honey and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is (EA)like the fragrance of (EB)Lebanon.
12 A garden locked is my (EC)sister, my bride,
a spring locked, (ED)a fountain (EE)sealed.
13 Your shoots are (EF)an orchard of pomegranates
with all (EG)choicest fruits,
(EH)henna with (EI)nard,
14 nard and saffron, (EJ)calamus and (EK)cinnamon,
with all trees of (EL)frankincense,
(EM)myrrh and (EN)aloes,
with all (EO)choice spices—
15 a garden fountain, a well of (EP)living water,
and flowing streams from (EQ)Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my (ER)garden,
let its spices flow.
Together in the Garden of Love
She
He
5 I (EV)came to my garden, my (EW)sister, my bride,
I gathered my (EX)myrrh with my spice,
I ate my (EY)honeycomb with my honey,
I (EZ)drank my wine with my milk.
Others
Eat, (FA)friends, drink,
and be drunk with love!
The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
She
2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is (FB)knocking.
“Open to me, my (FC)sister, my (FD)love,
my (FE)dove, my (FF)perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my (FG)locks with the drops of the night.”
3 (FH)I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had (FI)bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with (FJ)liquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he (FK)spoke.
(FL)I sought him, but found him not;
(FM)I called him, but he gave no answer.
7 (FN)The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.
8 I (FO)adjure you, O (FP)daughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
(FQ)I am sick with love.
Others
9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O (FR)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus (FS)adjure us?
The Bride Praises Her Beloved
She
10 My beloved is radiant and (FT)ruddy,
(FU)distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
(FV)his locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12 His (FW)eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool.[n]
13 His (FX)cheeks are like (FY)beds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are (FZ)lilies,
dripping (GA)liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
set with (GB)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[o]
bedecked with (GC)sapphires.[p]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like (GD)Lebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16 His (GE)mouth[q] is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O (GF)daughters of Jerusalem.
Others
6 Where has your beloved gone,
O (GG)most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?
Together in the Garden of Love
She
2 My beloved has gone down to his (GH)garden
to (GI)the beds of spices,
to (GJ)graze[r] in the gardens
and to gather (GK)lilies.
3 (GL)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
4 You are beautiful as (GM)Tirzah, (GN)my love,
(GO)lovely as (GP)Jerusalem,
(GQ)awesome as an army with banners.
5 Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me—
(GR)Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
6 (GS)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
7 (GT)Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
8 There are (GU)sixty (GV)queens and eighty (GW)concubines,
and (GX)virgins without number.
9 My (GY)dove, my (GZ)perfect one, is the only one,
the only one of her mother,
pure to (HA)her who bore her.
(HB)The young women saw her and called her blessed;
(HC)the queens and (HD)concubines also, and they praised her.
10 (HE)“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
(HF)awesome as an army with banners?”
She
11 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at (HG)the blossoms of the valley,
(HH)to see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 (HI)Before I was aware, my desire set me
among (HJ)the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.[s]
Others
He
7 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O (HO)noble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like (HP)jewels,
the work of (HQ)a master hand.
2 Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with (HR)lilies.
3 (HS)Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4 Your (HT)neck is like an ivory tower.
Your (HU)eyes are pools in (HV)Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of (HW)Lebanon,
which looks toward (HX)Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like (HY)Carmel,
and your (HZ)flowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 (IA)How beautiful and (IB)pleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights![v]
7 Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8 I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like (IC)clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9 and your (ID)mouth[w] like the best wine.
She
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.[x]
The Bride Gives Her Love
11 (IG)Come, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;[y]
12 let us go out early to the vineyards
(IH)and see whether the vines have budded,
whether (II)the grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 (IJ)The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
(IK)new as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.
Longing for Her Beloved
8 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
2 I would lead you and (IL)bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you (IM)spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3 (IN)His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I (IO)adjure you, O (IP)daughters of Jerusalem,
(IQ)that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5 (IR)Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as (IS)a seal upon your arm,
for (IT)love is strong as death,
(IU)jealousy[z] is fierce as the grave.[aa]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very (IV)flame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his (IW)house,
he[ab] would be utterly despised.
Final Advice
Others
8 We have a little sister,
and she (IX)has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with (IY)boards of cedar.
She
10 (IZ)I was a wall,
and my (JA)breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds[ac] peace.
11 Solomon had (JB)a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he (JC)let out the vineyard to (JD)keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit (JE)a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and (JF)the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
He
13 (JG)O you who dwell in the gardens,
with (JH)companions listening for your voice;
(JI)let me hear it.
She
14 (JJ)Make haste, my beloved,
and be (JK)like a gazelle
or a young stag
on (JL)the mountains of spices.
1 The (JM)vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (JN)in the days of (JO)Uzziah, (JP)Jotham, (JQ)Ahaz, and (JR)Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
The Wickedness of Judah
2 (JS)Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O (JT)earth;
for the Lord has spoken:
“Children[ad] (JU)have I reared and brought up,
but they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox (JV)knows its owner,
and the donkey its master's crib,
but Israel does (JW)not know,
my people do not understand.”
4 Ah, sinful nation,
a people laden with iniquity,
(JX)offspring of evildoers,
children who deal corruptly!
They have forsaken the Lord,
they have (JY)despised (JZ)the Holy One of Israel,
they are utterly (KA)estranged.
5 Why will you still be (KB)struck down?
Why will you (KC)continue to rebel?
The whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
6 (KD)From the sole of the foot even to the head,
there is no soundness in it,
but bruises and sores
and raw wounds;
they are (KE)not pressed out or bound up
or softened with oil.
7 (KF)Your country lies desolate;
your cities are burned with fire;
in your very presence
foreigners devour your land;
it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.
8 And (KG)the daughter of Zion is left
like a (KH)booth in a vineyard,
like a lodge in a cucumber field,
like a besieged city.
9 (KI)If the Lord of hosts
had not left us (KJ)a few survivors,
we should have been like (KK)Sodom,
and become like (KL)Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of (KM)(KN)Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching[ae] of our God,
you people of (KO)Gomorrah!
11 (KP)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
or of lambs, or of goats.
12 “When you come to (KQ)appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
incense is an abomination to me.
(KR)New moon and Sabbath and the (KS)calling of convocations—
I cannot endure (KT)iniquity and (KU)solemn assembly.
14 Your (KV)new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (KW)spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
(KX)even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
(KY)your hands are full of blood.
16 (KZ)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(LA)cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
(LB)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(LC)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
18 “Come now, (LD)let us reason[af] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as (LE)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 (LF)If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be eaten by the sword;
(LG)for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
The Unfaithful City
21 How the faithful city
(LH)has become a whore,[ag]
(LI)she who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.
22 (LJ)Your silver has become dross,
your best wine mixed with water.
23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (LK)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(LL)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
24 Therefore the (LM)Lord declares,
the Lord of hosts,
the (LN)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
(LO)and avenge myself on my foes.
25 (LP)I will turn my hand against you
and will smelt away your (LQ)dross as with lye
and remove all your alloy.
26 And I will restore your judges (LR)as at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward (LS)you shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”
27 (LT)Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
28 (LU)But rebels and sinners shall be broken together,
and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.
29 (LV)For they[ah] shall be ashamed of (LW)the oaks
that you desired;
and you shall blush for (LX)the gardens
that you have chosen.
30 For you shall be (LY)like an oak
whose leaf withers,
and like a garden without water.
31 And the strong shall become (LZ)tinder,
and his work a spark,
and both of them shall burn together,
with (MA)none to quench them.
The Mountain of the Lord
2 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 (MB)It shall come to pass in the latter days
that (MC)the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and shall be lifted up above the hills;
and (MD)all the nations shall flow to it,
3 and (ME)many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For (MF)out of Zion shall go forth the law,[ai]
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
4 He shall judge between the nations,
and shall decide disputes for many peoples;
(MG)and they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks;
(MH)nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war anymore.
5 O house of Jacob,
come, let us walk
in (MI)the light of the Lord.
The Day of the Lord
6 For you have rejected your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of things (MJ)from the east
and (MK)of fortune-tellers (ML)like the Philistines,
and they (MM)strike hands with the children of foreigners.
7 Their land is (MN)filled with silver and gold,
and there is no end to their treasures;
their land is (MO)filled with horses,
and there is no end to their chariots.
8 Their land is (MP)filled with idols;
they bow down to (MQ)the work of their hands,
to what their own fingers have made.
9 So man (MR)is humbled,
and each one (MS)is brought low—
do not forgive them!
10 (MT)Enter into the rock
and hide in the dust
(MU)from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty.
11 (MV)The haughty looks of man shall be brought low,
and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
12 (MW)For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up—and it shall be brought low;
13 against all the (MX)cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the (MY)oaks of Bashan;
14 against all (MZ)the lofty mountains,
and against all the uplifted hills;
15 against every high tower,
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all (NA)the ships of Tarshish,
and against all the beautiful craft.
17 (NB)And the haughtiness of man shall be humbled,
and the lofty pride of men shall be brought low,
and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day.
18 (NC)And the idols shall utterly pass away.
19 (ND)And people shall enter the caves of the rocks
and the holes of the ground,[aj]
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(NE)when he rises to terrify the earth.
20 In that day (NF)mankind will cast away
their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
which they made for themselves to worship,
to the moles and to the (NG)bats,
21 (NH)to enter the caverns of the rocks
and the clefts of the cliffs,
from before the terror of the Lord,
and from the splendor of his majesty,
(NI)when he rises to terrify the earth.
22 (NJ)Stop regarding man
(NK)in whose nostrils is breath,
for of what account is he?
Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem
3 For behold, the (NL)Lord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,[ak]
all (NM)support of bread,
and all support of water;
2 (NN)the mighty man and the soldier,
the judge and the prophet,
the diviner and the elder,
3 the captain of fifty
and the man of rank,
the counselor and the skillful magician
and the expert in charms.
4 (NO)And I will make boys their princes,
and infants[al] shall rule over them.
5 (NP)And the people will oppress one another,
every one his fellow
and every one his neighbor;
the youth will be insolent to the elder,
and the despised to the honorable.
6 For (NQ)a man will take hold of his brother
in the house of his father, saying:
“You have a cloak;
you shall be our leader,
and this heap of ruins
shall be under your rule”;
7 in that day he will speak out, saying:
“I will not be a (NR)healer;[am]
in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
you shall not make me
leader of the people.”
8 For Jerusalem has stumbled,
and Judah has fallen,
because their (NS)speech and their deeds are against the Lord,
(NT)defying his glorious presence.[an]
9 For the look on their faces bears witness against them;
they proclaim their sin (NU)like Sodom;
they do not hide it.
Woe to them!
(NV)For they have brought evil on themselves.
10 (NW)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
(NX)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (NY)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
12 My people—(NZ)infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, (OA)your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[ao] the course of your paths.
13 The Lord (OB)has taken his place to contend;
he stands to judge peoples.
14 The Lord will enter into judgment
with the (OC)elders and princes of his people:
“It is you who (OD)have devoured[ap] the vineyard,
(OE)the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (OF)crushing my people,
by grinding the face of the poor?”
declares the Lord God of hosts.
16 The Lord said:
(OG)Because (OH)the daughters of Zion are haughty
and walk with outstretched necks,
glancing wantonly with their eyes,
mincing along as they go,
(OI)tinkling with their feet,
17 therefore the Lord (OJ)will strike with a scab
the heads of (OK)the daughters of Zion,
and the Lord will lay bare their secret parts.
18 In that day the Lord will take away (OL)the finery of the anklets, the (OM)headbands, and the (ON)crescents; 19 the pendants, the bracelets, and the scarves; 20 the (OO)headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets; 21 the signet rings and (OP)nose rings; 22 the (OQ)festal robes, the mantles, the cloaks, and the handbags; 23 the mirrors, the linen garments, the turbans, and the veils.
24 Instead of (OR)perfume there will be rottenness;
and instead of a (OS)belt, a rope;
and instead of (OT)well-set hair, (OU)baldness;
and instead of a rich robe, a (OV)skirt of sackcloth;
and (OW)branding instead of beauty.
25 Your men shall fall by the sword
and your mighty men in battle.
26 And (OX)her gates shall lament and mourn;
empty, she shall (OY)sit on the ground.
4 (OZ)And seven women (PA)shall take hold of (PB)one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; (PC)take away our reproach.”
The Branch of the Lord Glorified
2 In that day (PD)the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and (PE)the fruit of the land shall be the pride and honor of the survivors of Israel. 3 (PF)And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called (PG)holy, everyone who has (PH)been recorded for life in Jerusalem, 4 when (PI)the Lord shall have washed away the filth of (PJ)the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by (PK)a spirit of burning.[aq] 5 Then the Lord will create over the whole site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies (PL)a cloud by day, and smoke and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory there will be (PM)a canopy. 6 (PN)There will be a (PO)booth for shade by day from the heat, and (PP)for a refuge and a shelter from the storm and rain.
The Vineyard of the Lord Destroyed
5 Let me sing for my beloved
my love song concerning his vineyard:
My beloved had (PQ)a vineyard
on a very fertile hill.
2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with (PR)choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and (PS)he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.
3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 (PT)What more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
(PU)When I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?
5 And now I will tell you
what I will do to my vineyard.
I will remove (PV)its hedge,
and it shall be devoured;[ar]
(PW)I will break down its wall,
and it shall be trampled down.
6 I will make it a waste;
it shall not be pruned or hoed,
and (PX)briers and thorns shall grow up;
(PY)I will also command the clouds
that they rain no rain upon it.
7 (PZ)For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts
is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah
are his pleasant planting;
and he looked for justice,
but behold, bloodshed;[as]
for righteousness,
but behold, an outcry![at]
Woe to the Wicked
8 Woe to those who (QA)join house to house,
who add field to field,
until there is no more room,
and you are made to dwell alone
in the midst of the land.
9 The Lord of hosts has sworn in my hearing:
(QB)“Surely many houses shall be desolate,
large and beautiful houses, without inhabitant.
10 (QC)For ten acres[au] of vineyard shall yield but one bath,
and a (QD)homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.”[av]
11 Woe to those who (QE)rise early in the morning,
that they may run after strong drink,
who tarry late into the evening
as wine inflames them!
12 (QF)They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
(QG)but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord,
or see the work of his hands.
13 Therefore my people go into exile
(QH)for lack of knowledge;[aw]
their (QI)honored men go hungry,[ax]
and their multitude is parched with thirst.
14 Therefore Sheol has (QJ)enlarged its appetite
and opened (QK)its mouth beyond measure,
and the nobility of Jerusalem[ay] and her multitude will go down,
her revelers and he who (QL)exults in her.
15 (QM)Man is humbled, and each one is brought low,
and the eyes of the haughty[az] are brought low.
16 (QN)But the Lord of hosts is exalted[ba] in justice,
and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
17 Then shall the lambs graze (QO)as in their pasture,
and (QP)nomads shall eat among the ruins of the rich.
18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with (QQ)cords of falsehood,
who draw sin as with cart ropes,
19 who say: (QR)“Let him be quick,
let him speed his work
that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
and let it come, that we may know it!”
20 Woe to (QS)those who call evil good
and good evil,
(QT)who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter!
21 Woe to those who are (QU)wise in their own eyes,
and shrewd in their own sight!
22 Woe to those who are (QV)heroes at drinking wine,
and valiant men in mixing strong drink,
23 who (QW)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
24 Therefore, (QX)as the tongue of fire devours the stubble,
and as dry grass sinks down in the flame,
so (QY)their root will be (QZ)as rottenness,
and their blossom go up like dust;
for they have (RA)rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
and have (RB)despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
25 Therefore (RC)the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people,
and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them,
and (RD)the mountains quaked;
and their corpses were (RE)as refuse
in the midst of the streets.
(RF)For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.
26 He will (RG)raise a signal for nations far away,
and (RH)whistle for them (RI)from the ends of the earth;
and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
27 (RJ)None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
28 (RK)their arrows are sharp,
all their bows bent,
their horses' hoofs seem like flint,
and their wheels (RL)like the whirlwind.
29 Their roaring is like a lion,
like young lions they roar;
they growl and (RM)seize their prey;
they carry it off, and none can rescue.
30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, (RN)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
Isaiah's Vision of the Lord
6 In the year that (RO)King Uzziah died I (RP)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[bb] of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had (RQ)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:
4 And (RT)the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and (RU)the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! (RV)For I am lost; (RW)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the (RX)King, the Lord of hosts!”
6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And he (RY)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (RZ)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:
(SA)“‘Keep on hearing,[bd] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[be] but do not perceive.’
10 (SB)Make the heart of this people (SC)dull,[bf]
and their ears heavy,
and blind their eyes;
(SD)lest they see with their eyes,
and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,
and turn and be healed.”
11 Then I said, (SE)“How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until (SF)cities lie waste
without inhabitant,
and houses without people,
and the land is a desolate waste,
12 and the Lord removes people far away,
and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.
13 (SG)And though a tenth remain in it,
it will be burned[bg] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,
whose stump (SH)remains
when it is felled.”
(SI)The holy seed[bh] is its stump.
Isaiah Sent to King Ahaz
7 In the days of (SJ)Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, (SK)Rezin the king of Syria and (SL)Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David was told, (SM)“Syria is in league with[bi] (SN)Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz[bj] and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
3 And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and (SO)Shear-jashub[bk] your son, at the end of (SP)the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. 4 And say to him, (SQ)‘Be careful, (SR)be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two (SS)smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and (ST)the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and (SU)the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying,
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 1:2 The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words
- Song of Solomon 1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular
- Song of Solomon 2:1 Probably a bulb, such as a crocus, asphodel, or narcissus
- Song of Solomon 2:4 Hebrew the house of wine
- Song of Solomon 2:7 That is, I put you on oath; so throughout the Song
- Song of Solomon 2:12 Or pruning
- Song of Solomon 2:15 Or jackals
- Song of Solomon 2:16 Or he pastures his flock
- Song of Solomon 2:17 Or mountains of Bether
- Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
- Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair
- Song of Solomon 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 4:8 Or Look
- Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
- Song of Solomon 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli
- Song of Solomon 5:16 Hebrew palate
- Song of Solomon 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3
- Song of Solomon 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
- Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Or among delights
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Hebrew palate
- Song of Solomon 7:9 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak, or gliding over the lips of those who sleep
- Song of Solomon 7:11 Or among the henna plants
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Hebrew as Sheol
- Song of Solomon 8:7 Or it
- Song of Solomon 8:10 Or brings out
- Isaiah 1:2 Or Sons; also verse 4
- Isaiah 1:10 Or law
- Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute
- Isaiah 1:21 Or become unchaste
- Isaiah 1:29 Some Hebrew manuscripts you
- Isaiah 2:3 Or teaching
- Isaiah 2:19 Hebrew dust
- Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff
- Isaiah 3:4 Or caprice
- Isaiah 3:7 Hebrew binder of wounds
- Isaiah 3:8 Hebrew the eyes of his glory
- Isaiah 3:12 Or they have confused
- Isaiah 3:14 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 4:4 Or purging
- Isaiah 5:5 Or grazed over; compare Exodus 22:5
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for justice and bloodshed sound alike
- Isaiah 5:7 The Hebrew words for righteous and outcry sound alike
- Isaiah 5:10 Hebrew ten yoke, the area ten yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- Isaiah 5:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters; a homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters; an ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
- Isaiah 5:13 Or without their knowledge
- Isaiah 5:13 Or die of hunger
- Isaiah 5:14 Hebrew her nobility
- Isaiah 5:15 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 5:16 Hebrew high
- Isaiah 6:1 Or hem
- Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth
- Isaiah 6:9 Or Hear indeed
- Isaiah 6:9 Or see indeed
- Isaiah 6:10 Hebrew fat
- Isaiah 6:13 Or purged
- Isaiah 6:13 Or offspring
- Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew Syria has rested upon
- Isaiah 7:2 Hebrew his heart
- Isaiah 7:3 Shear-jashub means A remnant shall return
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
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